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Re: Bezos returns to Kohl’s Cash …. - 24 days ago

We like Kohl's cash. In our experience, they don't have sales for most of the time that Kohl's cash is active but do for the last couple of days. YMMV.

by Michael - Tips and Deals

Re: if blueberries drop to 99¢ a pint .... - 24 days ago

We buy a half dozen of the biggish containers from Costco every year and freeze them. Then drop them on cereal in the morning through the year. The frozen ones they sell have split and so get blue stains all over the place. The ones we freeze don't split so they're not a mess.

by Michael - Tips and Deals

Re: What are your plans for this Memorial Day Weekend - 27 days ago

Friends coming over tomorrow night. Then to other friend's house on Sunday night. Then Monday the annual Memorial Day golf tournament and burgers and stuff. A full weekend but we won't be more than 5 miles from the house at any point.

by Michael - Tips and Deals

Re: 2022 Ford F-150 Lightning EV unveiled - 4 weeks ago

I'm waiting for the 2022 Ranger. The F150 is just bigger than I want. I'm hoping for a plug-in hybrid option. The vast majority of our truck driving is hauling kayaks 5 miles each way and bicycles 18 miles each way, so a PHEV would use electric almost always but when we do the 500 mile trips once in a while the gas engine would take over. We bought a new CRV last year after they announced the

by Michael - Tips and Deals

Re: Aw hell, I might as well share the good news. - 5 weeks ago

Congratulations! I'd bet there were COVID concerns with the pregnancy; I hope he's healthy as can be!!!

by Michael - Tips and Deals

Re: What to be careful about buying iPhone 12 on offerup - 5 weeks ago

Quotejdc iPhone 12 w/128 GB for $650? Half the cost of new? is that really how much they are going for? Apple shows the regular 12 for $849 with 128 GB; the 12 Pro with 128 GB is $999.

by Michael - Tips and Deals

Re: PSA: Tonight's the Night... $2 could get you $468 Million - 5 weeks ago

I don't play until it gets to $500 million. Then I play $2 until somebody wins. Actually it's showing $475 million now. I wonder if it will get to $500 million before the day is done...

by Michael - Tips and Deals

Re: U.S. Airlines May Start Weighing Passengers At The Gate - 5 weeks ago

Quotebtfc If you saw me, you wouldn’t call me obese. When I was in my 20s I was biking at least 400-500 miles a week and my weight would range between 195 and 205. You would have called me skinny. In my 30s I was guiding trips, hiking over 100 miles a week in summer, and backcountry skiing all winter. Weighed between 225 and 240. Since then my aerobic activity is down but my strength

by Michael - Tips and Deals

Re: U.S. Airlines May Start Weighing Passengers At The Gate - 5 weeks ago

We flew Southwest to Las Vegas last month and, "Every seat is sold so take any seat you can find." It turns out that wasn't exactly true. They had several very large customers and the flight attendants asked people to move around so that the big ones could sit on the aisle and not have somebody in the middle. I have no idea if they undersold the flights on purpose but it was interesting

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Re: I have a very complicated tax situation this year - 5 weeks ago

Quotespace-time If the CPA does make a mistake, and IRS comes after what they are due, who is responsible? I assume I still owe the taxes, but what about fines, interest? Also what if the opposite happens, if the CPA does not treat this loss properly and I cannot deduct it next year, can I do an adjustment? or is the CPA responsible somehow next year? in other words, beside entering the number

by Michael - Tips and Deals

Re: PSA: Kerrygold Butter fanantics w/ a Food Lion nearby... - 5 weeks ago

Thanks. There's a Food Lion a mile away. By the way, we freeze Kerrygold Butter for several months with no discernable problems.

by Michael - Tips and Deals

Re: Going from iPhone 6s to new iPhone 12 with same carrier - 5 weeks ago

QuoteMicroman Should I consider backing up my MacBook to this new found storage area? Family Shared 200 Gigs? Yep. It's cheap money--$3 for security.

by Michael - Tips and Deals

Re: Cheap bastard seeks ‘new’ iPhone - 5 weeks ago

Quotepdq QuoteRobert M I'd grab an 11 Pro if you can afford one. Oh, hell. I can afford one. I’m just a cheap bastard, that’s all. My wife and I were talking yesterday about our spending through our lives vs. our kid's spending. I pointed out that last year was the first time we'd every bought new iPhones and that we actually bought 4--2 SE 2020's and traded those in on 2 iPhone 12 m

by Michael - Tips and Deals

Re: Cholesterol testing on the cheap - help me interpret my results - 6 weeks ago

We use Red Yeast Rice (only 1 a day despite the bottle saying 2 is a "serving"). Our cholesterol levels went from borderline to low enough that our doc is happy.

by Michael - Tips and Deals

Re: Introducing Wyze Buds Pro - 6 weeks ago

I bought 2 pairs of their noise cancellation headphones when they were announced. They work GREAT. But, after a flight to Las Vegas, I found that they hurt the top of my head (must be big...) so my wife just sold mine on eBay. She's keeping hers. Given how well the headphones worked I'd bet the buds will work well, also.

by Michael - Tips and Deals

Re: Kid Now Has Flip Phone. Need A plan - 6 weeks ago

If you're happy with Verizon but want to save some money, you might look at Visible. They're owned by Verizon and apparently use the same towers. A single line is $40 a month but it drops as you get more lines to $25 each for 4 lines. You can join "parties" and get the discount if you don't have enough home users. There's one party that has over 2500 users and anybody can join it and ge

by Michael - Tips and Deals

Re: Use of the N-word in the 21st century - 6 weeks ago

Being a retired academic, I don't agree with the petition. But, I learned a LONG time ago that just because I can say something doesn't mean I should. I have a number of ways of not saying words that are incredibly offensive to people, whether racial or sexual or whatever, and if I was quoting that court case as a student I would very likely have said, "I'm not going to use a racial word

by Michael - 'Friendly' Political Ranting

Re: Happy Birthday MR Forum member Kate - 6 weeks ago

Happy Birthday!!!

by Michael - Tips and Deals

Re: Happy Birthday MR Forum member spacescape - 6 weeks ago

Happy Birthday!!!

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Re: Am I the only one who will use eBay less when they drop PayPal? - 6 weeks ago

Quotespace-time I've got to find a low balance checking account to use, as I'm really against linking my main checking account. I fully understand that. but, can they take more than what you sold? if you sell an item for $100, and if the buyer complains, I assume that most eBay can take from your account is that $100. They have no right to take more. So what is try risk if you link your

by Michael - Tips and Deals

Re: T-Mobile Mother’s Day weekend special - get big bucks for your phone - 6 weeks ago

I'd do that in a second if I still had a 6s and the $380 in trade in is accurate. I wanted to port over to TMobile a year ago when the 2020 SE's came out but they weren't offering anything on trade in for 6s phones. So, I stayed with Google Fi and we bought 2020 SE's from Apple for $400 and traded in our 6s' for something like $100 each. Then when TMobile put the 12's on a trade in deal in Nov

by Michael - Tips and Deals

Re: Ordered M1 MacBook Air Today - 6 weeks ago

QuoteSpeedy It hasn’t arrived yet so Leaders are premature. (Bylaw 18, Section 11.) Would Pre-leader or Leader wanna-be meet the bylaws?

by Michael - Tips and Deals

Re: may cause ** leakage?!.....leaker says new MacBook Air will come in colors like the new iMacs..... - 6 weeks ago

We're likely going to replace my wife's old MacBook Pro with a new Air a few months after they're released. I assume we'll not go colorful but buy a silver one. Too many things look cool now and stupid 7 years later...

by Michael - Tips and Deals

Re: Am I the only one who will use eBay less when they drop PayPal? - 6 weeks ago

My wife sells on eBay and she was VERY unhappy. But, we have a credit union checking account that we use for direct deposits of pensions and SS that I clean out every month as things are deposited. She set that up for eBay. I now keep $100 in it for her eBay sales just in case they automatically refund somebody.

by Michael - Tips and Deals

Re: Single vision vs. bifocals? - 6 weeks ago

I tried progressives for more than a month and was still feeling ill. Went back to a lined bifocal and will likely just use them forever. You could get a cheap pair of progressives from Zenni and see if you can wear them without feeling sick and, if so, then spend the big bucks for the glass ones. Plus you'd have a backup pair just in case.

by Michael - Tips and Deals

Re: Anyone ever knock on the music you listen to? - 7 weeks ago

We were listening to Fleetwood Mac this morning. Great music.

by Michael - Tips and Deals

Re: Inspector Morse?!....elderly couple escape assisted living facility using past military morse code training..... - 7 weeks ago

It gives me hope for if/when our daughter locks us away in an assisted living place!

by Michael - Tips and Deals

Re: What do I have to be careful when Replacing Screen on Series 1 Apple Watch - 7 weeks ago

Quotegraylocks So this is one of those tasks where it's more about the journey than the goal. good for you. And the links that btfc provided suggest that it will be quite the journey!

by Michael - Tips and Deals

Re: 2 Apple Watches on iPhone and what I learn - 7 weeks ago

My wife and I each have 2 Apple watches. We really like the seamless data movement and my wife likes having different faces on her 2 watches. I had bought a 4 and then when the 6 came out I upgraded to it. My wife had always told me she didn't want an Apple watch but I suggested that she try my old 4 for a while and she loved it. Enough that I offered to get her a new red 6 and then we'd sell

by Michael - Tips and Deals

Re: Costco: Apple Watch SE 40mm (GPS) Aluminum Case w/ Sport Band (various) $240 - 2 months ago

QuoteC(-)ris I need to replace my series 1 one of these days. Is there a sweet spot for price and performance/features? I would probably buy used or heavily discounted new as my watches get beat up. If you beat up your watch, you might look at a stainless. They're very expensive but also lose value pretty quickly. So, if you go back 1 year they're way cheaper than when new. Right now there ar

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